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Scripps Scientists Show For The First Time How Much Ocean Whitecaps Impact Global Temperatures

Message 1 of 702
, May 9, 2001

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Scripps Scientists Show For The First Time How
Much Ocean Whitecaps Impact Global Temperatures
<br><br><a href=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/05/010509083635.htm target=new>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/05/010509083635.htm</a><br><br>This white cap theory is awful, because it again
ignores Gaia and biological systems. Gaia modulates
climate. I wonder if it is the timescales that has messed
up our best thinkers. <br>By analogy consider cancer
in evolutionary timescales. Obviously, over
extremely long time scales, for instance, we have evolved
feedbacks that protect our lungs against getting cancer
from smoke. If there is only 4 or 5 mutation of
oncogenes, the cell is not going to grow and divide without
control. But if just one cell has 6 or 7 mutations, and
smoking cigs is a type of activity that has a probability
to cause such an event, then the person dies of
cancer. Now, I would argue that smoking, if left
unchecked by doctors and younger people died from it and
therefore didn't pass on their genes, or older people died,
and passed less wisdom/assets to their community,
would have a smaller chance of survival, and hence over
very very long time scales you would evolved maybe the
ability for 8 or 9 mutations. Along the same lines, there
are actually some microbes that have the ability to
have their DNA ripped to shreds by UV light and still
reproduce, as there is in their biology a self-repairing
mechanism. <br><br>We know a little about the future but if
you plant a seed of a tree and provide generally
conditions of growth you will have a tree on a defined
timescale. If enough of what is climate is determined
biologically, then climate itself is determined and not chaos.
Further, one must distinguish between chaotic stimulus and
regulated, or modulated response. Again, as an example, one
cannot tell WHICH cell will have 7 or 8 mutations, or
what smoke particle will cause the individual
mutations. Thus, chaos is not out of the picture, but to
talk about chaos without biology is like talking about
math without numbers. And the wave theory is just more
of the same confusion.

b1blancer_29501

On Feb 28th, the Interplanetary Magnetic Field swung to a strong south-pointing orientation. That, coupled with an elevated solar wind speed and density,

Message 702 of 702
, Mar 1 9:47 PM

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On Feb 28th, the Interplanetary Magnetic Field
swung to a strong south-pointing orientation. That,
coupled with an elevated solar wind speed and density,
triggered a G-1 class geomagnetic storm. The result was
some high latitude aurora. See this link for a
photgraph of aurora observed over Quebec :
<a href=http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images/01mar02/Moussette2.jpg target=new>http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images/01mar02/Moussette2.jpg</a> . As of right now, there are 3 sunspot regions,
namely 9839, 9842, and 9845, that appear to be capable
of producing M-class flares. Regions 9839 and 9842
are close to rotating out of view over the western
limb of the solar disk. Sunspot region 9845, however,
is close to the sun's central meridian. A rather
large coronal hole is also approaching the sun's
central meridian, and coming into an Earth-pointing
position. High speed colar wind gusts are likely around the
first of next week.<br><br>The current solar and
geomagnetic conditions are :<br><br>NOAA sunspot number :
153<br>SFI : 188<br>A index : 10<br>K index : 1<br><br>Solar
wind speed : 372.3 km/sec<br>Solar wind density : 4.4
protons/cc<br>Solar wind pressure : 1.1 nPa<br><br>IMF : 8.4
nT<br>IMF Orientation : 0.7 nT North<br><br>Conditions for
the last 24 hours : <br>Solar activity was low. The
geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled. Stratwarm Alert
exists Friday.<br><br>Forecast for the next 24 hours
:<br>Solar activity will be low to moderate. The geomagnetic
field will be quiet to unsettled.<br><br>Solar Activity
Forecast :<br>Solar activity is expected to be low to
moderate for the next three days. Region 9845 is a
possible source for isolated M-class
flares.<br><br>Geomagnetic activity forecast :<br>Geomagnetic field activity
is expected to be mainly quiet to unsettled, until
the onset of high speed stream effects from a
recurrent coronal hole begin to develop by day three of the
forecast period. Isolated active conditions are
anticipated thereafter.<br><br>Recent significant solar flare
activity :<br>None

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